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Devine Lu Linvega

Usually in text editors, during a block selection, moving first deselects the block, and moves the cursor to the end, or keeps it in place.

I guess back during Macintosh era, that behaviour was not standardized and moving left after a block selection would move the cursor.

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Devine Lu Linvega replied to Devine Lu Linvega

That's one behavior that I will NOT replicate, perhaps it was a mistake on Apple's part, but I know it'll annoy me if the cursor shifts each time I go from a block selection to a position.

Devine Lu Linvega replied to Devine Lu Linvega

The original Note Pad was credited to Donn Denman.

mcc replied to Devine Lu Linvega

@neauoire that's an interesting detail. If you run simpletext (or teachtext if the OS is too old for simpletext) does the selection behavior replicate the oddity?

Devine Lu Linvega replied to mcc

@mcc I've tried a couple of apps like Hypercard and THINK Pascal and they don't have that behavior.

Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh) replied to Devine Lu Linvega

@neauoire That's how macOS X still behaves today. I think it's more a Windows thing to behave differently (Not 100% sure which way Linux leans, I'd guess it imitates Windows like in most UI things).

Devine Lu Linvega replied to Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)

@uliwitness really? I didn't know that, that's really good to know.

cancel replied to Devine Lu Linvega

@neauoire you should imitate nisus writer or BBEdit or something for text editing behavior, not this neglected desktop accessory, haha

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